Patents by Inventor Brian SHEPARD

Brian SHEPARD has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11918453
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods of treating an injury in a subject using placental tissue streamers, engineered tissue placental tissue hybrids, suture placental tissue hybrids, placental tissue patch hybrids, and tissue hybrids, and the use of these compositions to repair, treat, or support an injury or degenerative process in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventors: David Shepard, John Tokish, Brian Dorn
  • Patent number: 9543684
    Abstract: A trim panel having a main body, a plurality of attachment structures and a dummy electric connector. The main body has a trim surface and an attachment surface opposite the trim surface. The plurality of attachment structures are formed on the attachment surface and are configured to contact and engage a separate panel securing the main body to the separate panel and covering an aperture formed in the separate panel. The dummy electric connector is formed on the attachment surface. The dummy electric connector is configured to receive and retain an electric connector in the absence of any electrical contacts within or on the dummy electric connector. The dummy electrical connector enables retention of a wiring harness having a connector that is not currently used, the unused connector to be connected to and retained by the dummy connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Engerman, Zachary Stoklosa, Brian Shepard, Ronald Morrow, George Henry Gasahl, IV
  • Patent number: 9481310
    Abstract: A vehicle storage structure has a box structure with a cargo compartment, a lid and a locking mechanism. The lid is movable between a lowered orientation covering the cargo compartment and a raised orientation exposing the cargo compartment. The lid has a first section and a second section connected to one another via a hinge. The second section is pivotally movable such that with the first section in the lowered orientation, the second section pivots between a retracted position overlaying the first section and an extended position defining a flat cargo receiving surface. The locking mechanism is fixedly attached to the first section of the lid and is configured to releasably lock the lid in the lowered orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Chawlk, Brian Shepard, Kelly Schlotterer
  • Publication number: 20160200258
    Abstract: A vehicle storage structure has a box structure with a cargo compartment, a lid and a locking mechanism. The lid is movable between a lowered orientation covering the cargo compartment and a raised orientation exposing the cargo compartment. The lid has a first section and a second section connected to one another via a hinge. The second section is pivotally movable such that with the first section in the lowered orientation, the second section pivots between a retracted position overlaying the first section and an extended position defining a flat cargo receiving surface. The locking mechanism is fixedly attached to the first section of the lid and is configured to releasably lock the lid in the lowered orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michael CHAWLK, Brian SHEPARD, Kelly SCHLOTTERER
  • Patent number: 8414066
    Abstract: A reinforced vehicle structure includes a vehicle panel, an elongated structural support member, and a support structure. The vehicle panel includes a first panel surface and a second panel surface, and defines a first opening that extends through the vehicle panel between the first and second panel surfaces. The elongated structural support member supports a portion of the first panel surface of the vehicle panel, and defines a first channel extending along the vehicle panel. The support structure is coupled to the structural support member at least partially within the first channel, includes a mounting structure that is aligned with the first opening in the vehicle panel, and defines a second channel extending transversely to the first channel of the structural support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Hustyi, Brian Shepard, Emily Hospodar, Robert Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20120217769
    Abstract: A reinforced vehicle structure includes a vehicle panel, an elongated structural support member, and a support structure. The vehicle panel includes a first panel surface and a second panel surface, and defines a first opening that extends through the vehicle panel between the first and second panel surfaces. The elongated structural support member supports a portion of the first panel surface of the vehicle panel, and defines a first channel extending along the vehicle panel. The support structure is coupled to the structural support member at least partially within the first channel, includes a mounting structure that is aligned with the first opening in the vehicle panel, and defines a second channel extending transversely to the first channel of the structural support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Dan HUSTYI, Brian SHEPARD, Emily HOSPODAR, Robert BLANCHARD
  • Patent number: D706403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventors: Joshua Carter, Brian Shepard, Travis Erpenbach